Black-blotched Schizura
Oedemasia leptinoides (Grote, 1864)
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily:
Identification: Forewing medium to dark gray with a sharply defined dark basal streak, diffuse blackish blotch near center of wing and usually paler brownish shading toward inner margin; AM and PM lines double, indistinct; pale gray or whitish rectangular patch at apex; hindwing dirty white in male, and gray in female
Wing Span: 3.5 - 4.2 cm
Life History: One or two generations per year.
Flight: April to September; earlier start in Florida.
Caterpillar Hosts: Leaves of apple, beech, birch, hickory, oak, poplar, walnut.
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: Canada: NS to BC; USA: ME south to southern FL west to MN and TX in wooded areas with a disjunct population in western SD.
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Comments: NULL
Taxonomy Notes: Oedemasia leptinoides (Grote, 1864), n. comb. in Becker (2014) (3), was formerly placed in the genus Schizura.
Alternate Scientific Names:
Achylodes thraso
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Verified Sightings
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Observation date: Aug 03, 2016
Submitted by: BeaLaporte
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 19, 2016
Observation date: Jul 31, 2016
Submitted by: BeaLaporte
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 15, 2016
Observation date: Jul 25, 2016
Submitted by: Joe Bartok
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 26, 2016
Observation date: Jun 03, 2016
Submitted by: Joe Saunders
Region: Mercer County, West Virginia, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 25, 2016
Observation date: Jul 12, 2016
Submitted by: CA Ivy
Region: Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Jul 14, 2016
Observation date: Jun 18, 2016
Submitted by: edenny
Region: Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jun 20, 2016
Observation date: Jun 10, 2016
Submitted by: edenny
Region: Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jun 20, 2016
Observation date: May 29, 2016
Submitted by: edenny
Region: Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: May 31, 2016
Observation date: May 27, 2016
Submitted by: digginflowers
Region: Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: May 27, 2016
Observation date: Sep 02, 2015
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Colin Gillette)
Region: Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Mar 10, 2016
Observation date: Aug 02, 2015
Submitted by: AllenRatz
Region: Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: AllenRatz
Verified date: Feb 23, 2016
Observation date: Jul 29, 2015
Submitted by: AllenRatz
Region: Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Feb 14, 2016
Observation date: Jul 25, 2015
Submitted by: Shelley Rutkin
Region: Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Feb 03, 2016
Observation date: Jun 10, 2015
Submitted by: ddodd
Region: Marshall County, Alabama, United States
Verified by: ddodd
Verified date: Dec 17, 2015
Observation date: Aug 09, 2015
Submitted by: curtis.lehman
Region: Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Nov 20, 2015
Observation date: Jul 13, 2015
Submitted by: digginflowers
Region: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Sep 01, 2015
Observation date: Aug 04, 2015
Submitted by: Jon Rapp
Region: Christian County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: Phillip E. Koenig
Verified date: Aug 31, 2015
Observation date: Jun 20, 2015
Submitted by: Jon Rapp
Region: Johnson County, Kansas, United States
Verified by: azukoff
Verified date: Aug 19, 2015
Observation date: May 27, 2015
Submitted by: estanley
Region: Baltimore County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 04, 2015
Observation date: Jul 26, 2015
Submitted by: Jarchibold
Region: Saratoga County, New York, United States
Verified by: Sue Gregoire
Verified date: Jul 28, 2015
Observation date: Jul 23, 2015
Submitted by: digginflowers
Region: Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 24, 2015
Observation date: Jul 20, 2015
Submitted by: digginflowers
Region: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 21, 2015
Observation date: May 14, 2015
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (David Wright)
Region: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: May 14, 2015
Observation date: Aug 08, 2012
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Jerry McWilliams)
Region: Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Mar 01, 2015
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